Obama, Zuma, His Wife And A Phone Call

We asked a question in one of our post, “If you return to the office from lunch and find two “Call me back” messages in your voicemail - (A) one from your boss (B) one from your spouse. Who, do you call first?”

The responses were quite interesting.

A similar scenario seemed to have played out between two presidents at the recent UN General Assembly in New York during a luncheon hosted by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General.

A photo from the luncheon of Barack Obama, President of the United States extending greetings to President Jacob Zuma of South Africa who was speaking on the phone has surfaced on the internet with various interpretations and insinuations.

In the photo, Zuma remains seated with his phone glued to his ear, while Obama seem to humorously mimic him.

There were many reactions to the photo; but the strongest one was on the line with one of his wives, and not even Obama could interfere with or intrude in the conversation with Zuma’s First Lady.

If you were President Zuma, would you cut the call and attend to Obama? Was it a sign of disrespect to Obama or a sign of commitment by Zuma to his wife presumed to be on line with him?

What would you do?

To refresh your mind, a survey by USWest with 500 respondents from several states in USA, 70 percent of people surveyed said they would call their spouse before calling the boss if they return to the office from lunch and found two “Call me back” messages in their voicemail - (A) one from your boss (B) one from your spouse.

Yes, 70% said they would call their spouse first. Could President Zuma be in that category?